Activités | Archéo Québec

Schedule: Maison de la culture de Longueuil (for GPS rental) 300 Saint-Charles ouest – Édifice Marcel-Robidas Monday and Tuesday: Closed Wednesday to Friday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m Saturday: 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Activity fee: Free

Site: Musée de Lachine

Paddle Through History! Rabaska canPaddle through history! Rabaska canoe guided tour in Old Lachine

Date: Saturdays and Sundays throughout August

Duration: 3 hours

Schedule: 9:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.

Activity fee: $10 (reservations required)

Site: 2012 First People’s Festival

Dig the Past at the 2012 First People’s Festival!

Date: August 3, 4 and 5

Duration: Continuous

Schedule: 12 noon to 5 p.m.

Activity fee: Free

Site: City of Gatineau and Groupe de recherche archéologique de l’Outaouais

Archaeological digs at Parc Jacques-Cartier

Date: Saturday, August 4, and Sunday, August 5

Duration: 7 hours

Schedule: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Activity fee: Free (reservations required)

Site: Arrondissement historique de La Prairie

Archaeology on the menu at Old La Prairie – Discover a regional specialty.

Date: Tuesday to Sunday, August 1 to August 12, Saturday, August 18 and 25, and Sunday, August 19 and 26

Duration: 90 minutes

Schedule: 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Activity fee: Included with admission fee

Site: Fort Lennox National Historic Site

Visit of the exhibitions “The Gentlemen Officer” and “Fort Lennox, A Work by the Royal Engineers”

Date: August 1 to August 31

Duration: Continuous

Schedule: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Activity fee: Included with admission fee

Site: Droulers/Tsiionhiakwatha Archaeological Site Interpretive Center

Archaeology month

Date: Sundays, August 5 12 and 19

Duration: Continuous

Schedule: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Activity fee: Included with admission fee

Site: Centre Archéo Topo

Archaeo Walk

Date: Sundays throughout August (5, 12, 19 and 26)

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Schedule: 1:30 p.m.

Activity fee: $4

Site: Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site of Canada

Crystals on the Machault

Date: Saturday, August 4, 11 and 18, and Sunday, August 5, 12 and 19

Duration: Continuous

Schedule: mornings and afternoons (varying schedule)

Activity fee: Included with admission fee

Site: Maison des Jésuites de Sillery

Archaeology in all its glory

Date: Tuesdays to Sundays, throughout August

Duration: Continuous

Schedule: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Activity fee: Free

Site: Moulin des Jésuites

Digs for busy beavers!

Date: Sundays, August 5, 12 and 26

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes (Sessions offered continuously)

Schedule: 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Activity fee: Included with admission fee

Site: Centre d'interprétation de la vie urbaine de la ville de Québec

Archaeo GeoRally: 30 years of field schools at Université Laval

Date: Every day throughout August

Duration: 2 hours

Schedule: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Activity fee: Individual: $6 Family: $10 GPS rental: $10

Site: SAQ New France Festival 2012

Dig the past at the New France Festival

Date: Thursday, August 2 to Sunday, August 5

Duration: Continuous

Schedule: Thursday and Friday: from 12 noon to 6 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday: from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Activity fee: Free

Talk “’Spending a penny’ in the 18th century: the privies of the Intendant’s Palace at Québec”

Date: Sunday, August 5

Duration: 60 minutes

Schedule: 1:30 p.m.

Activity fee: Free for those wearing the festival effigy, sold for $8 at outlets of the Société des alcools du Québec in the Québec City area and for $10 elsewhere during the festival.